December 2022 Forecasts And Discussions

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Re: December 2022 Forecasts And Discussions

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AbbyJr wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:09 pm Personally, I wouldn't take the models for the extended seriously for now. There is very little consistency and my guess is that that stratospheric warming in Siberia is part of the problem. Models often struggle during stratospheric warming events. :thumbup:
Is this being described as a legitimate SSW event? I genuinely don't know and haven't been paying close enough attention.
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wetcoast91 wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:21 pm :think:
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Bonovox wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:22 pm Is this being described as a legitimate SSW event? I genuinely don't know and haven't been paying close enough attention.
I don't think so but I'm sure it would still cause the models some trouble.
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Guy on Reddit posted this map.. kinda interesting.

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PortKells wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 1:47 pm ecmwf-weeklies-avg-nw-snow_46day-4172800.thumb.png.2e2b887eea87c202ac8b4b36084dedeb.png
Terrain hemorrhage. A better resolution map would only show grey over the Lower Mainland.
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Re: December 2022 Forecasts And Discussions

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We've got a few flakes :wave: (just enough to see)
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walthz wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:00 pm We've got a few flakes :wave: (just enough to see)
Something is moving in.
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walthz wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:00 pm We've got a few flakes :wave: (just enough to see)
Bono was right.

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Pure joy.
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Storm wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:02 pm Something is moving in.
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Starting earlier than forecasted...good sign that the lower levels are already saturated.
Tell em Nito? :think:
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I see the GFS wants to do the weird quadruple+ barrel low thing too. What fun!

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12z GFS ensembles:
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12z ECMWF ensembles:
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